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University Daily Kansan
Page 0285_1 from reel: L 2338 (1942-11-03 to 1944-02-07)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/157412

Title: Work Out Plans to Maintain Highway System
Summary: Governor Andrew Schoeppel and state highway director D.J. Fair discuss plans to maintain Kansas highway system amid reduced revenue from gasoline tax and auto licenses.
Category: local news
Subjects: transportation; state government; infrastructure
Named Entities: Andrew Schoeppel [governor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Congress Approves Repeal of President's Bill Limiting Salaries
Summary: Senate and House conferrees unanimously agree on legislation to repeal presidential order limiting salaries to $25,000 per year.
Category: national news
Subjects: federal legislation; congress; salary policy
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Students Qualify for Air Schools
Summary: Three former University of Kansas engineering students qualify as commissioned officers after completing pre-flight training at San Antonio aviation cadet center.
Category: campus news
Subjects: military training; aviation education; university students
Named Entities: Kenneth F. Troup [student]; Maurice G. Hill [student]; Eureka [student]; Second Lieut. James P. Brown [student]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: U.S. And Britain Plan Stable Pound-Dollar
Summary: A post-war international exchange and currency plan drafted by American government aims to maintain stable pound-dollar rate between US and Britain after the war.
Category: national news
Subjects: international finance; currency exchange; post-war economy
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Last Year Produces Record in Spending
Summary: Commerce department reports consumer expenditures in America's first war year (1942) reached record total of $81,900,000,000, up 10% from previous year.
Category: national news
Subjects: consumer spending; economic indicators; wartime economy
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Youth Kills Sister; 'She Was Too Noisy'
Summary: 16-year-old John May sentenced to life in prison for killing his 6-year-old sister Emmogene, claiming she was too noisy. Judge Gadola gives extreme Michigan penalty after disagreeing with alienists who pronounced him sane.
Category: local news
Subjects: crime; juvenile justice; domestic violence
Named Entities: John May [defendant]; Emmogene May [victim]; Paul V. Gadola [judge]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Texas Student Has Seeing-Eye Dog
Summary: 15-year-old University of Texas freshman Todd Lowry, blinded six years ago, becomes world's youngest owner of Seeing-Eye dog named Duchess, planning to study law.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: disability accommodation; guide dogs; higher education
Named Entities: Todd Lowry [student]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: J.G. Blocker Speaks in City
Summary: John G. Blocker, professor of economics in School of Business, speaks at monthly meeting of Kansas City chapter of National Association of Cost Accountants on 'Dynamic vs. Static Cost Accounting as an Aid to Management'.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: economics; professional associations; academic lectures
Named Entities: John G. Blocker [professor]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: National Editorial Association
Summary: University Daily Kansan noted as active member of National Editorial Association, 1943.
Category: editorial
Subjects: journalism organizations; professional standards
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [comic strips]
Category: comic strips
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Fritz Co.; National Editorial Association
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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